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| Population: | 21,007,310 |
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| Languages: | English, Chinese, Italian |
| Large Cities: | Canberra (capital), Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth |
| Expected athletes: | 40 athletes (23 male, 17 female) |
| Location: | Oceania |
The world's smallest continent and sixth largest country...Sits with the Indian Ocean on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east... Neighbouring countries are East Timor, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to the north and New Zealand to the southeast.... Aboriginal settlers arrived from Southeast Asia 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploring the region in the 17th century.
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| 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
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Memories: Freestyle skiing
Canada first struck gold on home soil with the electrifying performance of Alexandre Bilodeau and continued with a ski cross gold for Ashleigh McIvor.
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Medal table
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| 1 |  | United States | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 |
| 2 |  | Germany | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 |  | Canada | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 |  | Norway | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 |  | Austria | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
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Video Highlights
Four-Man Bobsleigh: USA 1 - Gold
Reigning world champion Steven Holcomb leads the US to a gold medal.
Four-Man Bobsleigh: Germany 1 - Silver
Led by the most decorated bobsledder in Olympic history -- Andre Lange -- Germany claims the silver medal.
Four-Man Bobsleigh: Canada 1 - Bronze
A third-place finish for the Canadian foursome, missing out on silver by just 0.01 seconds.
Men's slalom: Cousineau run
Julien Cousineau was the top Canadian in men's slalom with an eighth-place finish.
Men's slalom: Gold medal run
Italy's Giuliano Razzoli takes the gold medal in the men's slalom.
Men's slalom: Silver medal run
Croatia's Ivica Kostelic wins the silver medal in the men's slalom.
Men's slalom: Bronze medal run
A third-place finish for Andre Myhrer of Sweden.
Men's Snowboard PGS: Anderson gold
Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson with a first-place finish ahead of Austria's Benjamin Karl.
Men's team pursuit: Canadian gold
Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky and Denny Morrison win a tight race with the US.
Ladies' 30km mass start: Gold medal
Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland edges Marit Bjoergen of Norway for the gold in an incredible finish to the ladies' cross-country 30km mass start.
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